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tradesman
[ treydz-muhn ]
noun
- a person engaged in trade.
- a worker skilled in a particular craft; artisan; craftsman.
- Chiefly British. a shopkeeper.
tradesman
/ ˈtreɪdzmən /
noun
- a man engaged in trade, esp a retail dealer
- a skilled worker
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Gender Note
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Derived Forms
- ˈtradesˌwoman, noun:feminine
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tradesman1
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Example Sentences
If I'm a small tradesman struggling to see further than the next bill, why should I believe them?
He became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.
A stone mason was employed to engrave the following epitaph on a tradesman's wife: "A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband."
The bail, a reputable tradesman, with astonishment declared that he never was in a gaol in his life.
You will find these two traits in every grade of Scotch life—in tradesman, mechanic, and peasant.
Such a thing wouldn't be allowed in the house of a tradesman on the Rue St. Denis!
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